Article on McCain

[00leland00]

For your next President

The article below was written by syndicated columnist, Thomas Sowell, a black man. He wrote it in a humorous way this past week in a column titled "Random Thoughts" and published it in newspapers nationally, so maybe you've already seen it. If not, be my guest:


Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.

After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President.

I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I should vote for.

We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words "money" and "special interests" come to mind, among many others.

Here's the way I see it:

Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois , which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system.

You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!

But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job !

Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend "God Damn America" Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.

The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.

We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your "spiritual mentor."

BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once heard a "discouraging word" in the 20 years you attended there Don't tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing.

Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the "N" word. Yep. And Bill Clinton "did not inhale".

Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you.

I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office

Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.

John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit looney, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.

Think about it.

We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear A rmageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.

John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these "world leaders" to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America .

I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran , Russia , China , Venezuela , Cuba , Libya , Syria , Pakistan , and those other dopes in the sheets, the Saudis.

On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just my kinda guy.

I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Good choice I want a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who is royally ticked off at all of these towel-headed morons in the Middle East t o be the next in line if something should happen to John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.

Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America . When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was "nothing special." Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the "average American," and that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for on election day for John McCain -- warts and all."

[Pector55]

Very interesting perspective to say the least. I look at things a bit differently but to each his own.

I heard an interview with some Wisconsin folks during the Dem primaries and one lady said she didn't want to vote for Hillary because Bill would be in the White House and that would be a distraction. Again, people have some "interesting" and bizarre ways to validate their choices.

[LorDiego01]

Originally Posted by 00leland00

Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America .

John McCain was never tortured.

He was just put through "rendition". A tactic that is not only legal in the US, but openly practiced by us all over the world.

[adymond]

Originally Posted by LorDiego01

John McCain was never tortured.

He was just put through "rendition". A tactic that is not only legal in the US, but openly practiced by us all over the world.

Umm no. Keeping people in cages and beating them is not practiced by us. We do use some tactics that are not "nice," but they do not raise to the level of what POWs went through in Viet Nam. Don't even try to compare them. I guess you also think Guantanamo Bay is like the Gulags and Concentration Camps too right?

[LorDiego01]

Torture is torture. Under whatever brush you attempt to paint it as.

[adymond]

Torture is torture. you are right. Waterboarding, sleep deprivation, harsh questioning. Those things are NOT torture.

[ChamberedRound]

Originally Posted by LorDiego01

John McCain was never tortured.

Originally Posted by adymond

Umm no.

The fact of the matter is that McCain has sacrificed and/or suffered more in the name of his country than Obama has. I don't like either candidate, but IMHO it's an insult to McCain's service to his country to argue the finer points of if and how he was tortured, especially when comparing him to someone who hasn't served.

[adymond]

Originally Posted by ChamberedRound

The fact of the matter is that McCain has sacrificed and/or suffered more in the name of his country than Obama has. I don't like either candidate, but IMHO it's an insult to McCain's service to his country to argue the finer points of if and how he was tortured, especially when comparing him to someone who hasn't served.

That was the point I was trying to make before I got sidetracked into discussing tor . . . ohhhh shiney!

Sorry to be a bit irreverent. That's just me. I think it is outright disgraceful to try to minimize what John McCain and MANY other US soldiers had to endure in Viet Nam and to try to imply that we use the same tactics. If we do I haven't heard of them and I am sure it would be blasted from every roof top. What happened in Abu Ghrab was not sanctioned so no as a government WE did not participate. That shit will happen and will be punished. What happened in Viet Nam to our guys was sanctioned by the NV government.